Matthew Golden or Luther Burden III: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Matthew Golden at 12.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price Luther Burden III at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 76th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Matthew Golden: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Luther Burden III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Matthew Golden has been on the field for 85 percent of GB snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 23 two minute targets.

His 37 targets have averaged 13.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYJ he caught 4 of 6 targets for 58 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he caught 5 of 12 targets for 100 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 1 time for 6 yards, caught 3 of 7 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Luther Burden III has been on the field for 61 percent of CHI snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 29 targets have averaged 8.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIN he caught 3 of 7 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 7 of 11 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 1 time for 11 yards, caught 4 of 6 targets for 63 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Matthew Golden played 14 games and scored 70.0 PPR points, 5.0 a game, finishing WR89.

He caught 29 of 44 targets for 361 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.1 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 12.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 50 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Luther Burden III played 15 games and scored 127.9 PPR points, 8.5 a game, finishing WR48.

He caught 47 of 60 targets for 652 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 4.0 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 39 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Luther Burden III was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Luther Burden III scored 8.5 PPR points a game and Matthew Golden 5.0, 3.5 a game between them.

Matthew Golden finished WR89 that year and Luther Burden III WR48.

Luther Burden III had 16 more targets than Matthew Golden, 60 to 44.

Luther Burden III had 291 more receiving yards than Matthew Golden, 652 to 361.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 61 percent.

This season Matthew Golden holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Matthew Golden is off in Week 11 and Luther Burden III in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.